The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-14

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-Don't fail 10 look over the fences
around the pastures before the stock
learn 70 break into the corn field
The demand for plum trees Il very
heavy from All over the country. show
Ing that growers see their value and
plant accordingly.
Where n young tree runs up In
height with but few strong branches
and 4 slender trunk. the top should be
trimmed cn q few inches. especially Of
the main shoots--Tvoy Times.
TO Soften Hard Water. Hard wa
ter may Be softcned by adding sal am
moniac. One can also use spirits Of
sal ammoniac, one teaspoonful 70 half
gallon of water. For washing pur-
poses. the dose must be stronger.
Fuel should be provided in winter
for the summer months The busy
season will render II difficult 70 ill that
bill. Later In the winter II a be pre-
pared in quantity ready for use. BE q
prompt and thrifty farmcr.-Rural
Aep Yorker.
-Pot-P ourri. Take cold chicken. or
other cold meat, chop fine, and put in
a stcwpan with warm water, pepper.
salt and minced onion. Cook slowly
half an hour. put in a baking-pan with
grated bread crumbs and a teacup Of
cream. Bake brown Cheer.
Sweet Onion Pickle. Take two
quarts small onions (red are goodJ.
soak in salt and water over night,
sweeten vinegar enough 70 cover them.
put in one tablespoon whole alIspice,
put all on the fire. let boil two or three
minutes, put in air-tight cana -Boston
Budget.
Rice Griddle Cakes. Soak half .
pound OF rice. boil soft. drain and mix
with a small cup Of butter. let cool and
add one quart Of milk. a little salt and
six eggs. Sift . quarter Of = pound OF
-four with = teaspoon Of baking pow.
der. Bake on = we'll creased griddle.
indianapolis Sentinel
Apple Jelly.-Use fair. sour ap-
pies. Slice them. skins, seeds and al.
and simmer with one-half a cup Of
water. till well booked and soft. Then
strain through a cloth. add = pound o.
sugar TO = pint Of juice. boil a few mo-
ments. skimming till clear; then pour
into glasses. and cover when cold ~
Farmer and Manufacturer.
A rose-colored mildcw has proved
very destructive to tomato plants in
England this year. IL IL . fungus
known to botanists rs Dactylium
roseum. but has hitherto been supposed
to exist only upon vegetation in decay,
never attacking live plants English
agriculturists also complain Of the ap
p~earance OF the Hessian fly in theil
wheat and barley. while in Germany
the Colorado beetle is devastating tho
potato crop.-N. Y. LsGgcr.
To Bake and Stufa Fish.-Sclcct
n large. firm heshed fresh fish. wasf
it carefully in cold water and dry il in
a cloth Crate some bread crumbs and
chop some parsley. take q small spri(
Of thyme and marjoram and chop fine
". mix one tablespoonful Of the thyme
and m~arjoram. mix all with the bread
crumbs. adding salt and pepper &
taste: mix with two y chopped
suet; I'LL the fish with this stufIng. and
then sew il mp; brush the fish over
with egg. and then roll il in bread
crumbs. covering It all over; grease
dish or a tin and lay the fish on, put
into the oven. and bake for three-quar'
ters Of an hour. basting Il with drip
ing.-LouisrfHs C0uricr-JonrndL
1t is q common remark that farm
ing doesn't pay. but the 81 Johnsbury
, (vt.) CalcdoniGn has some simple facts
to the contrary. 1t says: beginning
az a farm a half-mile outside the linn
its Of this village and following thai
line all the way 10 the next town. Z
distance Of twelve miles. there arr
! eleven contiguous farms. On every
one u these farms the owners hav,
not only been able 70 get : living, bu'
all have laid up money. and the own
ers Of every one are now what nigh
he called forehandcd. Several Of thes'
men are worth from ten thousand dol
lars to fifteen thousand dollars each
!. while one Of them IS worth At leas
' thirty thousand dollars, and this haI